“This is a lead, it’s probably the best lead we have right now.” — John Young, manager of Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s emergency response division, after search planes were dispatched to try to determine whether two large objects in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

“We’re in this with you, together.” — Vice President Joe Biden, in Lithuania trying to reassure nations bordering Russia on the U.S. commitment to them.

“Every parental site on the Internet blames the cat for this confrontation. Every pet site blames the family. We need to step away from the hysteria. There is a story behind all this. Don’t assume anything.” — Jackson Galaxy, a cat behavior expert and star of Animal Planet’s “My Cat from Hell,” who is heading Oregon to work with Lux, a 4-year-old part-Himalayan pet, who attacked a baby and trapped his family in a bedroom.